Evelyn "Lynn" Primrose

Saturday

Apr 27, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Evelyn "Lynn" Primrose, 78, of East Stroudsburg, died on Friday morning, April 26, at the VNA Hospice House in East Stroudsburg. She was the wife of Richard A. Primrose, at home. They were married Sept. 25, 1954, in Stroudsburg.

Born July 17, 1934, in East Stroudsburg, she was the daughter of the late A. Byrd and Josephine (Shotwell) McDowell.

She was a 1952 graduate of Stroudsburg High School where she served as secretary of her class. Since graduating, she has served as the reunion chairman and the class members have gotten together every five years. She was also a graduate of Colby Junior College, now Colby Sawyer, in New London, N.H.

She was very active in the community and was a member of the D.A.R. and Monroe County Historical Association. She also served on many county board of directors, including the Housing Authority of Monroe County for 14 years and Planned Parenthood for 20 years. She volunteered many hours as the leader of Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, at the Bushkill Outreach and the Monroe County Historical Association, where she helped many people research their genealogy. She served as president of the Stroudsburg Junior Woman's Club, was on the committee for the 50 plus Club for Stroudsburg High School and was also an officer in the Shawnee Fire Co. Auxiliary. Her family and volunteering were both very important to her.

In addition to her husband, Dick, she is survived by a daughter, Diane Nordmark and her husband, Ted, of Quakertown; a son, Mark Primrose and his wife, Janet, of Stroudsburg; five grandchildren, Tracy Cornell and her husband, Steven, of Millersville, Sarah McCloskey and her husband, Jack, of West Palm Beach, Fla., Alexander B. Nordmark of Quakertown, Rachel Primrose at Penn State, and Emily Primrose of Stroudsburg; two great-grandsons, Sheamus Nordmark of Quakertown and Austin Cornell of Millersville; and a sister, Mary Jane Thomas of Stroudsburg.

She was preceded in death by a sister, B. Gail Meckes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, from the Thomas Funeral Home, 401 N. Fifth St., Stroudsburg. Burial will take place in Stroudsburg Cemetery. There will be a viewing from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to VNA Hospice, 502 VNA Road, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.